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Discussion in 'Empty Closets Help and Feedback' started by Miaplacidus, Jul 28, 2007.

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    Well, this has been an issue since the new chat was installed. It works fine - but when I press the <Alt> key, the user list and input field collapse in a similar fashion to Linux's window shading. When I reopen them, they don't look as they should.

    The obvious solution would be not pressing <Alt> but there's a problem. As a Linux user I use the Alt key a lot (usually <Ctrl><Alt><Arrow key> to switch desktops). Is this a setting or a bug? I'd like to see it fixed. Thanks.
     
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    The settings are all the same as they were when it was on emptyclosets.net, other than the linking to the EC database. There is very few settings anyway, and nothing as specific as how certain keys are handled. I guess it's a bug, so probably best reported to the developers. It does have a couple of display/redraw issues with Firefox on Windows too (resizing the window can confuse it a bit) so it's not just a Linux thing. It was probably developed with Internet Explorer..... :frowning2:
     
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    Yep, it looks like a redraw issue. I use Firefox as you know. I might try it with Micro$oft IE.
     
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    Yup - it seems to work right on IE. GRRRR!!!!
     
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    That doesn't surprise me......
     
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    Works fine with Opera 9.22 on Windows XP. I'll have to try with Opera for Linux.
     
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    Yes, that'll be interesting.
     
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    Yeah when I open tabs on FireFox it makes it so the little chat box gets cut off. :frowning2:
     
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    Same problem with Opera 9.2 series for Linux x86-64.

    (Opera/9.20 (X11; Linux x86_64; U; en))
     
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    Same problem on Konqueror 3.5.5 for Linux.

    Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3.5; Linux; x86_64; en_US) KHTML/3.5.5 (like Gecko)